Adding borders and shadows to text help accentuate information on your document that you want the reader to take notice.

To add borders to text, follow the steps below:

• Select the text, phrase or word by highlighting it.
• Once highlighted, click on Format in the menu bar and then on Borders and Shading.
• A window will appear. Here, you have several options such as type of borders to use, thickness, location, and color. You can also choose to apply it to the text you selected only or to the paragraph.

• There are two types of borders that you can create for textual information. Borders using the text option surrounds only the word(s) selected. Borders using the paragraph option extends across the entire length of the page. See the examples below for an illustration.

To create a border for the page, you would click on the Page Border tab and select the options there in the window to suit your needs.

To add shading to text, you can adjust the color of a particular border text or phrase (even if your text/phrase do not have solid borders). Click on the Shading tab and select the options you want.